Elon Musk's xAI sued for turning three girls' real photos into AI CSAM A tip from an anonymous Discord user led cops to find what may be the first confirmed Grok-generated child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) that Elon Musk's xAI can't easily dismiss as nonexistent. As recently as January, Musk denied that Grok generated any CSAM during a scandal in which xAI refused to update filters to [block the chatbot from nudifying images][1] of real people. At the height of the controversy, researchers from the Center for Countering Digital Hate [estimated][2] that Grok generated approximately three million sexualized images, of which about 23,000 images depicted apparent children. Rather than fix Grok, xAI limited access to the system to paying subscribers. That kept the most shocking outputs from circulating on X, but the worst of it was not posted there, Wired [reported][3]. [Read full article][4] [Comments][5] [1]: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/x-blames-user… [2]: https://counterhate.com/research/grok-floods-x-with-sexua… [3]: https://www.wired.com/story/grok-is-generating-sexual-con… [4]: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/elon-musks-xa… [5]: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/elon-musks-xa… A poster featuring an image of US billionaire and businessman Elon Musk, calling for users of his X social media platform to delete their accounts due to the AI chatbot Grok's CSAM scandal. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/elon-musks-xa…